Holder for christmas trees and the like



Aug. 12; 1930. H. VAN DORIN 1,772,693

HOLDER FOR CHRISTMAS TREES AND TflE LIKE Filed July 11. 1928 holding in upright position i flagstatfs' and th in its locked position,

. Figure 1' is a the chamber maybe imam fal fini 11,

The present invention relates to devicesfior I Christmas trees, erdevices of the-samegeneral character. I

The object is to provide a'simplestructure a novel character thatcan be dismembered and can be packed in relatively little space.

efifectiveand ornamental support orbase.

, p A further and im brtmafqtjea'ism ieg g V vide partsthat can beeasilyand cheaply manufactured j; p v e y I Int-he accompanyingdrawings: a perspective view port in assembled position. l i w v c Figure 2 is a detailviewshowingthe on member and one ofthe legs therefor'ina posl tion to be separated.

Figure 3 is a sectional viewj u ee e b Figure 4 is atop plan view of the er. I i

a Figure 5. is a detail sectionalview on the line 5-5 of Figure3. 1 I 1 v a. a

In the embodiment' disclosed, "a body is em: ployed in the form of acup memberiflhaving lower end of a Christmas tree or other'article, and in the'caseofa tree, filled with water to prevent the withering of the treerj This cup member is provided at its upper end Iwith'sets of outstanding inwardly turnedjhooks '10, three of said sets beingshown. I The bottom is provided with threeoutstanding yhooksll having downturnedbills 12. These hooks 1]] arelocate'd in verticalplanes that pass between the hooks "of the upper sets.

Three legsare provided in'the present forim' of structure. These legs arefformedaofsheet,

metal straps that preferably-have"some resiliency. Their lower portions 13 are out-,1 wardly bowed and provided withlln'turnedq lower feet 14. Their centrali portions 15 are vertically disposed 'and extend alongside the body .or cup member 6.; Their upper portions extend. above said body orcup member 6, and

are bowed inwardly as shown at 16 above the open top of said cup member. The central I par time" bf t e-flags are? prbtid v y H V .jb'etween the hooks 10 of theupperlsetsp The structure, however, whenassembled, constitutes an f thelspaces between he hooks of d w l b fil j l'l y J flower elong'ated openings L17?throughf' vvhiehv r ii fi n e o ml p ard y pered W s S the upper: nds ofwhieh are'j jadaptedl to lower portions, howev'eigjj being d 0 f a serves to morefirmly lock the vparts together;

9 of the bodyor cup of the legs, which will yieldingly grip the:

sameg'l o remove the partslit is only neces-V' sary-to sli'de the legs downwardly or the body upwardly on said can bejre'adily detached legs, whereupon the latter construction, of the herein and the part-s nestedaj 1 From tlieforegoing, itisthought that the ,v operation and many advantages 1 described invention will be apwith it reference ,tdFig'uref p; bledj'by O i w i i a m ss gin b y gi' 'vinwai 2 v y,' tliereby ca 'singt e bills,12 0the119wejr P hooks-{to engage oyer said; legs: ;and tl'ie weag ssie-w n a e between the upper hooks; 2 A rigid structure is'thus vproduced, in which, 1 the weight of the article placed inthe body parentto those skilled in the art,without fur-2 their description and it will be understood" that various changes inthe size, shape, ,pro portion and minor details of construction may be resorted towithout departingfrom v the spirit orsacrificing any of the advantages of the invention, i i

What I claim,is:

ingfan opening a hook carried bythe staff 1; In a device ofithe character set forth, l staffholder, a supporting lee member haw-mp5 l r a d ,ingaia'ed in the opening, and; a,

ing around an edge of the leg member.

hook carried by the staff holder and engag-fi a. stall holder, a, supporting leg member havin an opening, a hook carried by the staff ho der and engaged in the opening, and oppositely disposed hooks carried by the staff 5 holder, said leg members having a wedged shaped portion whose narrow part can pass between the hooks and whose wider part will be eniliriieed by said hooks.

Th devlce' the character set forth,

pm a stafi holder, a supporting leg member havan opening, in book carried bythe stafi' v.

ho. der and engaged in the opening, and oppoaitel disposed'hoeks 'carried'by the seas" hol er, said 1. g member having a wedged shaped portion whosenarrow part can pass betweenethe hooks and whose wider partwill bqvembruedlby said k said g me ber :Q I

j havinga yielding portion extending above ither holderto engage a stafi placed in said affita fi holding oup having a plurality of downterned hooks at its lower end and sets I oxpripositely inturned hooks at its upper end, a, eg membersthat extend below andabove thfgfcup, said leg members having openings "that'lecei velthe downturned hooks and hav- Th1 upwardly tapered wedge portionsth t fiwbetween t hooksof the upper sets, the

"y ding beanngsagamst the s desof a staff HAHRIRY VAN DORIN;

4. In a device of the character set forth. I; w

er endsjo ;the leg members constituting I a plifiedinthecup.

{ testimony whereof, I afiix my signature. 

